LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 99 



vitreous-white. Fore wings with four spots ; first spot, small, narrow, 

 near the base ; second large, transverse, divided by the black discal 

 vein ; third and fourth large, forming an abbreviated band, which 

 is interrupted by a blackish brown streak. Hind wings with two 

 large spots, each intersected by two black veins. Length of the 

 bodv 8 lines ; of the wings 24 lines. 



a. b. Aru Island. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



HlRA CCELIPENNIS. 



Mas. Atra, caput antiee niveum, antennce subpectinatce ; thorax 

 vittis duabus cyaneis ; pectus strigis duabus niveis ; abdomen 

 fasciis duabus cyaneis liturisque octo lateralibus coccineis ; 

 alee disco cyanece, maculis vitreo-albis ; anticce quadrimaculatce; 

 posticce strigis maculaque magna exteriore. 



Male. Deep black. Head snow-white in front. Antennae 

 slightly pectinated. Thorax with a deep blue stripe on each side. 

 Pectus with a snow-white streak on each side. Abdomen long ; 

 first and second segments with a bright blue band on each ; first 

 segment with a small crimson mark on each side ; second, third and 

 fourth with a transverse lanceolate crimson streak on each side ; 

 these streaks are continuations of three ventral crimson bands. 

 Coxae striped with white. Wings long, with a deep bright blue 

 disk ; spots vitreous-white. Fore wings with four spots ; first small, 

 narrow, near the base ; second large, transverse, intersected by a 

 black vein ; third exterior, subcostal, divided by a longitudinal 

 streak from the fourth, which is intersected by a black vein. Hind 

 wings with a subcostal basal streak, and with a smaller hindward 

 streak, the latter sometimes nearly obsolete; a large transverse ex- 

 terior spot, intersected by two black veins, forming a band with the 

 second spot of the fore wings. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the 

 wings 22 lines. 



a, b. Amboina. From Mr. Wallace's collection. 



HlEA RUBRICOLLIS. 



Mas. Air a ; caput antiee album, vertice viridi ; thorax viridis, 

 guttis duabus albis plagisque duabus anticis coccineis ; pectus 

 strigis duabus obliquis albis ; abdomen fasciis cyaneis, plagis 

 quinque basalibus tomentosis fiavo-albis, plagis sex coccineis, 



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